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Topic: question about Carter guitars? |
Terry Sneed
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Posted 18 Jul 2004 12:52 pm |
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How long has Carter been in business? or about what year did they start sellin guitars?
Reason I'm askin, their's a lady here in town that has an SD-10 with 4/5. it's gray birdsey I think. she didn't know how old the guitar is,(it was her husband's) and I was just wondering when Carter started building guitars. she wanted $1500 for it, which I thought might be a little high. I could tell the guitar was several yrs old.
it wadn't tuned to E9 so I really couldn't tell about the sound of the guitar.
the A pedal raised the 4th string. what kind of tunin is that?
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84 SKH Emmons Legrand D10
session 400'rd Steelin for my Lord.
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Bill Ferguson
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Milton, FL USA
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Posted 18 Jul 2004 12:58 pm
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Terry, get the serial # (stamped in the bottom of the right endplate) and call Ann Fabian at Carter. She can tell you EXACTLY when the guitar was built and the original setup.
Or if you post the serial # on the forum, she will answer the question.
Bill Ferguson
PS: And that's not a bad price if it's not TOO old[This message was edited by Bill Ferguson on 18 July 2004 at 01:58 PM.] |
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 18 Jul 2004 1:17 pm
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Terry Sneed
From:
Arkansas,
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Posted 18 Jul 2004 5:11 pm
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Thanks ya'll, does anybody know when they first started buildin Carters? about when?
the lady said her husband done his own setups and tunings, and that he was always changin, or tryin new tunings. since it was an SD-10 I figured it was tuned E9, but I found out right quick it was not E9, and it wadn't C6 either, so I have no idea how he had that thing tuned.
Terry
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84 SKH Emmons Legrand D10
session 400'rd Steelin for my Lord.
[This message was edited by Terry Sneed on 18 July 2004 at 06:19 PM.] |
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Bob Tuttle
From:
Republic, MO 65738
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Posted 18 Jul 2004 6:09 pm
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Don Walters
From:
Saskatchewan Canada
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Posted 18 Jul 2004 7:01 pm
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does the "A" pedal also raise the 5th string? If so, sounds like it might be the Day setup ...?
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Terry Sneed
From:
Arkansas,
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Posted 19 Jul 2004 4:35 am
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Thanks Bob.
Don, I don't think it was the Day setup, could have been. if it was, he didn't have the first two strings F# and D# tuned right.
the F# sounded more like a G#. even the open tuning didn't sound anything like E9.
thanks
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84 SKH Emmons Legrand D10
session 400'rd Steelin for my Lord.
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